There’s always something to be learned from combing over on-ice results when the season is over. Whether it be analyzing deployments, line matchups, or gauging individual results, lining up the data with the video fresh in mind is always an exercise that can give you a few surprises.

Here are a few quick notes from a post-mortem look at the Penguins’ end-of-the-year results.

Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel carried the load for the team in the playoffs

That’s a fancy way of saying the Penguins ended up a being a top-heavy hockey team. In fact, that might even be a bit of an understatement. We know the Penguins’ depth scoring dried up as the games wore on, but consider the following for a real grasp of how vital the Penguins’ top line was this post-season:

Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel and Patric Hornqvist accounted for 57 percent of all the goals scored.